The state's largest business group and Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee want to make it easier for employees to work seven days a week. But critics, including one Democratic state lawmaker, question whether it would really be voluntary.

Wisconsin, the name itself emanates from the Ojibwa word meaning “where the waters gather.” We are fortunate to be surrounded by water — ground water, surface waters, wetlands, the Mississippi River and two of the Great Lakes. Our State Constitution under Article IX, Section 1 mandates that …

This past spring, some of us were shocked when a number of our region’s lakeside landmarks were destroyed. Unannounced to us, crews of tree removal experts appeared one day and began sawing down trees along Highway 13 just north of Washburn, including a handful of towering, old, and stately …